Thursday, January 31st, 2013

Good morning, friends!  See, I told you I had pictures! 

Busy, busy day today.  Must go jump in the shower and get to work!!

Carpe diem,

J

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

Alright friends, my iPhoto is malfunctioning.  It thinks it's importing photos, but really, it's not.  Therefore - you have no photo today.  I promise I have photos but you will not see them until tomorrow. 

I have a bit of a busy several days coming up.  I'm trying not to think about it too much and just take it one day at a time - one hour at a time.  You can only do your best, right?

The great thing about my life is that no matter how busy I am, I kind of lose all of that when I get to hang with my dogs and Brian.  Yesterday was a rough day at work coupled with 2 dog walks and  6.5 mile run.  Last night at around 9:15pm when I finally got to just chill with nothing more to do for the day, I just felt amazing. 

That's enough of that. 

Carpe diem,

J

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

It wasn't for lack of trying, folks.  I tried my darndest to get you guys a cute photo of my wet, soggy puppies this morning.  They, on the other hand, were not having it. 

Have a wonderful, wonderful day.  

Carpe diem,

J

Monday, January 28th, 2013

Good morning!  A wonderful weekend, indeed.

On Friday I helped Sarah move into her new place down on 23'rd where she'll be staying close to NYU.  It was lots of fun and it snowed to boot!  We had dollar pizza in the winter wonderland after helping her unpack and set up her room.  Today is her first official day of school so I'm super  psyched to see how it goes.  It was also Sofie's 2nd birthday on Saturday - that's the picture of me and Sof above.  We got the dogs little dog dixie cups of peanut butter-honey froyo which they DEVOURED.  I know - I'm a crazy dog lady.  I get my dogs dog ice cream on their birthdays. 

I also have to give lab meeting today so I have to run and shower and get ready. 

Carpe diem!

J

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Good morning!  Another icy, cold day!  I was cranky this morning and didn't want to get up, but did anyway because Brian had to be up early (what's the point of trying to sleep in when someone is ironing in the bedroom?)  It was good to be forced up, though, because once I was up, I was glad. 

I had yoga last night, and it was a night I was missing my Philly days of hot yoga.  Even though I was moving a lot, I just couldn't seem to get warm.  I was craving the old days when I used to walk into a hot, sweaty, sauna of a room at Dana Hot Yoga to be greeted and challenged by one of Lisa & Dorian's wonderfully talented instructors.  It always used to feel like a spa-treatment or something. 

Tuesday night I had a run on the agenda and it was surprisingly pleasant after the first 2 miles were gone.  The solitude was actually quite nice.  Brian and I have committed to doing the NYRR (New York Road Runners Club) 9+1 this year - which means you run 9 NYRR races and volunteer at 1 and then you get automatic entry into the subsequent years (for us 2014) NYC Marathon. 

The marathon has been a distance I've been dancing with for years now.  I would consider myself a committed runner since I quit playing basketball in college, however, I am glad I didn't give into the temptation of training for a marathon.  In hindsight, I was unprepared for what it would take in terms of commitment to proper nutrition/hydration, sleep, and a well-thought out training plan.  I probably would have trained without enough discipline or knowledge, definitely wouldn't have abstained from alcohol or late nights, and while I ate "healthy-ish," I was known to mow down on cheesesteaks, wings, cheese fries and various other things I would never eat now.  I probably would have run the marathon and been disappointed - dissuaded from attempting again. 

Now it's different.  I'm a tougher runner and much more educated about this sport.  My diet is better than ever.   I'm ready for a new challenge to find out what I'm made of.  With the 2014 NYC marathon on my mind (Marine Corps, too??), it's been much easier to be committed to getting all my miles in.  It's also been nice having a partner in crime to do it, too :) 

Carpe diem!

J

ps.  I promise in the next few days I'll have more pictures from the Park.  It's just been too cold to bother with taking my hand out of my glove to take the picture!! :)

Hi friends,

Do you see the above?  It is 11 degrees fahrenheit.  Do you know where else in the world it's 11 degrees today? 

1.  Moscow
2.  Toronto
3.  Novosibirsk
4.  Stockholm

No seriously, you can look it up. 

So, I don't have a picture because I was too cold to take my hand out of my glove to snap one. 

I had on 3 layers + a heavy down coat, lined boots, mittens, a neck and chin warmer, a hat, and had my hood up and was still cold.  My dogs, on the other hand?  They were fine.  They're so tough!  They can romp around in 100 degree weather (albeit a bit hot), and romp around in 11 degree weather.  I'm miserable in both - dressed appropriately - and with the ability to sweat!  Dogs - they're tough cookies. 

Carpe diem,

J

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Good morning, folks!  I can't believe how sparsely I've been populating this blog lately!  Sorry about that - it's because my sis has been here and I have been spending many mornings hanging out with her rather than on my computer. 

Last night I let Bear & Sofie sleep in the bed with us....(just this once).... ;)   because it was cold. 

This cold:

So last night they gladly hop up into bed with us and immediately come over to snuggle me (they don't snuggle Brian - probably because he's always hot - never cold - sweaty even).  Bear came and put his little face near my face and Sofie put her chin on my shin.  I don't even care how dog-nutty this post sounds because I only live once and the dogs only live once.  So I was feeling little Bear's peaceful sleepy breaths on me and I just felt immediately relaxed and completely at peace.  There's some kind of magical medicinal power that dogs have on your soul.  I don't care that they carry little pieces of twigs and leaves in the bed with them - I don't care that they shed, or stink a little, or that I have to pay for their food or vaccinations - my heart and my house would be empty without them. 

Carpe diem,

J